Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 9 September 1950: The first sign that the rescue was imminent came shortly before eleven o'clock to-night, when a siren was sounded, and Mr. William Pearson, secretary of the Scottish area of the miners' union, accompanied by Lord Balfour, chairman of the N.C.B. (Scottish Division), went to the door of the Castle Colliery office

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 14 July 1930: I wish there was some way of stopping the nuisance of unwelcome callers. We are constantly told that running a house is a full-time job, and it is